The 17th season of the Indian Premier League is going on in the country. Cricket lovers of the country always have their eyes fixed on the TV or phone screen during the match. But do you know how players get the number written on the back of whatever t-shirt they wear during the match. Today we will tell you how players get this number.
Identification of jersey number players
Jersey number over time in the cricket world The identity of the players has been formed. The current captain of Team India, Rohit Sharma wears jersey number 45, while former captain Virat Kohli’s jersey number is 18. Veteran cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni used to wear jersey number 7. Earlier, the jersey number of Sachin Tendulkar, known as the God of Cricket for most of the Indians, was 10.
But the question is that how do cricketers get the number written on the back of their jersey. Is this number given to the Indian players by their country’s board i.e. BCCI or do the players decide their own numbers? Can any other player get the jersey number of former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar? Or can any other player get the number 7 jersey of Mahendra Singh Dhoni? There is no clear rule regarding this. The jersey number is usually decided by the team management. The board has no interference in this. Players are free to choose the jersey number of their choice. But other players of the team should not have the jersey of that number. Players decide this number as per their choice. But despite this, the board or team management may refuse regarding some numbers. For example, till now the jersey number of Sachin and Dhoni has not been given to any other player in the Indian cricket team, even though both these players have retired. But when Dhoni plays IPL match, he plays with his own number 7 jersey.
How many number 1 jerseys in IPL?
< p>Let us tell you that in IPL, a player of any team is free to wear any number of jersey, provided that no one else in the same team should have that number of jersey. For example, Gujarat Titans captain Shubman Gill wears jersey number 77 in the Indian cricket team. But in the IPL match, he wears jersey number 7 for Gujarat Titans, which is the jersey number of MS Dhoni. Whereas MS Dhoni also plays for Chennai wearing jersey number 7.
